Biography/ Background

A/Prof Amanda page has
established herself as a leading authority on vagal innervation of the gut, and
how this relates to major disease states including obesity and
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. This has involved pioneering studies on the
phenotypic specialisation of vagal sensory endings and a classification of
gastrointestinal sensory nerves that has been adopted world-wide. One of her
major findings, that GABABreceptor
agonists inhibit peripheral gastro-oesophageal vagal afferent endings, prompted
2 full scale drug development programs and the production of 5 patents.
Investigation of the effects of different nutritional states (e.g food
restriction and excess) on these afferents has resulted in major contributions
in the understanding of gastric satiety signalling.

Member of: Gastroenterological Society of Australia; American Gastroenterological Association; Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior; Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society; The Australian Society for Medical Research. Serves on the editorial board of: American Journal of Physiology; Frontiers in Neuroscience.

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